Fruit Cake

So, in light of the eggnog thread I thought I'd pose this question here. Does ANYONE like fruit cake?

i've never had fruitcake. i feel like i'm missing out on a vital part of our culture. or, you know, not.

Yes.� I love fruit cake.

I, too, have never had fruitcake.

But I've had banana bread. Does that count?

Not even close. :)

Can't say I didn't try!

I think it's a matter of cultural definition.

Nasty American crappy fruitcake...no.

Awesome 'real' Canadian fruitcake...hell ya!

The real fruit and nut ones is what i'm talking about, I didn't know there was more than one kind.

Well, the difference between a Canadian fruitcake and an American one is kinda like the difference between Angelfood cake and a twinkie in my opinion.

There is a theory that there is only one fruit cake and that it just keeps being sent from person to person.

I believe in this theory.

There are actually a number of them, and they were formed in volcanoes out of carbon atoms over many many years long ago.� In the year 0 A.D. when a child called Jesus was born in Bethlahem, many people came to worship him, including three wise men who brought him gold, frankencence (regardless of how that's spelled) and this huge wheelbarrow of fruitcakes that they had discovered in the volcanoes because they were wise.� Many years later, Jesus�gave these fruitcakes to all his deciples and said to them "this is my body...everlasting life...(you know the speech)" and the deciples broke the fruitcake and gave the pieces (which grew into full sized fruitcakes like worms when you cut them in half) to all their friends because they were too revolting to eat (Jesus had saved them from birth, after all), and their friends�broke them and gave them to *their* friends and so on and so forth and the cycle continues to this day.� This is why we all die eventually and keep passing around fruitcakes that nobody actually eats.

I am catholic, don't kill me.� :P

Hehehehe <--evil chuckle

and we know you are catholic just looking at your avatar. The only thing wrong with it is that someone left out the rosary beads. But then, you may just be praying for their return.

Hee hee...Squee forgot to draw in the rosary.� Thanks for pointing that out.� ;)

Never had it, but I'll be damned if I ever will. The thought of it is revolting. :)

Is it true, this rumor that I heard, that you cannot take a fruitcake through airport security because they are too dense for the security to be able to scan through?

It's true, but I don't think it's the density so much as the amount of unidentifiable "nuggets" that litter the things.

Plus, the things are so hard that they could be used as a weapon. :)

nuggets of paaaaaaaaain

You can apparently take them on a plane but they have to be in your carry on luggage.

because it's safer to take something they can't inspect very well *on* the plane with you??� That makes sense...

because the cargo hold isn't *on* the plane?

But Leanne said carry-on luggage, which is where the confusion comes from I believe. It's like saying you can't carry them in your arms but you can have them in your purse. Perhaps she meant checked baggage.

Most awesomes misreading ever...

"Because the cargo isn't on the pants?"

Alas... look what Old Navy has got my generation into thinking nowadays....

i think it's because if you check a fruit cake, due to its size shape and density, the scaners will mistake it for a bomb, same thing with cheese.

Fruitcake Recipe
�1 cup water
�1 teaspoon salt
�1 cup sugar
�1 teaspoon brown sugar
�4 large eggs
�lemon juice
�2 cups dried fruit
�nuts
�1 teaspoon baking soda
�1 gallon whiskey

Sample the whiskey to check for quality. Take a large bowl. Check the whiskey again to be sure it is of the highest quality. Pour one level cup and drink. Repeat. Turn on the electric mixer, beat 1 cup butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add 1 teaspoon sugar and beat again. Make sure the whiskey is still OK. Cry another tup. Turn off mixer. Break 2 legs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit. Mix on the turner. If the fried fruit gets stuck between the beaterers, pry it loose with a screwdriver. Sample the whiskey to check for nonsisticity. Next sift 2 cups salt. Or something. Who cares? Check the whiskey. Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Spoon. Of sugar or something. Whatever you find. Grease the oven. Turn the cake tin to 350 degrees. Don't forget to beat the turner. Throw the bowl out the window. Check the whiskey again. Go to bed. Who the hell likes fruitcake anyway?

fruitcake is teh sux0rz.

My mother makes fruitcake from my grandmother's recipe. I LOVE it. I'll sit down with two big slabs and a mug of tea and just stare into the fire.

'Course, it is grandma's -own- recipe, and she never made anything that wasn't amazing.

I notice you just stare into the fire, without any mention of actualy eating the fruitcake.

Yeah..friutcake..pretty much Eww...

There is a Jewish dessert called Tayglach.

You need a hatchet to cut it.

�� I grew up on this yummy chocolate fruit cake.� It's got raisins and candied cherries and pineapples soaked in chocolate liquer and walnuts and it's about the consistency of pound cake and really rich and chocolatey--- it's got chocolate liquer and cocoa in it.

I really don't care for the traditional ones with the citron in them, but my uncle sends us one from a monastery in Kentucky that is absolutely laced with bourbon that isn't bad-- it's moister than a lot of fruitcakes.

Has anyone ever said you were as nutty as a fruitcake? My father used to love that expression.

Yep... my mom uses that. :)

So, for those, like me, who want to do anything possible to dispose of fruitcake... it turns out that the town of Manitou Springs, Colorado has an event the first saturday of every year where people gather to compete in the disposal of unwanted fruitcakes!
(are there really any other kind?)

"Prizes are awarded in several categories. For the Fruitcake Launch, participants must provide a mechanical device to launch their cake. The Toss involves throwing the fruitcake and the Hurl entitles the participant to one fling on the official Great Fruitcake Toss catapult. In the drive competition, Duffers will have one swing for the shot that goes the farthest, without leaving the boundaries of the park. You can bring your own golf club or use those provided. For the Derby Competition, competitors must provide their own Fruitcake Derby Car. The race ramp is provided."

In addition, they apparently have art made from fruitcake and things like that. :)
Pretty nifty!

Glad to see them go to some use.